16 Aug 2023
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Great Whittington Village Hall was presented last week with a cheque for £4000, in our newly decorated hall, by our MP, Guy Opperman, on behalf of The Nothern Powergrid Resilience Fund. This was to enable the purchase of equipment so the hall could provide support in the event of catastrophes...
26 Jul 2023
There wil be no Pilates or Dance Wave classes next week, week beginning 31st July, due to the ongoing re-decoration of the hall. It is hoped that things will be back to normal for the weekend.
20 Jul 2023
The summer barbecue due to take place on Saturday 22nd July has been postponed due to the dreadful weather forecast. The poor weather has also interfered with our programme of re-decoration, inside and outside the hall, which will now take longer than planned.
A new date for the barbecue in August...
7 May 2023
The village recently lost one of it's long standing residents, Eryl Daniels. Eryl was a staunch supporter of the village hall, having been involved with the village hall committee for many years in the past. At a gathering of family, friends and neighbours which took place at the village hall...
30 Apr 2023
"Highly Suspect" visited Great Whittington Vilage Hall on Wednesday 26th April and provided a great evening's entertainment. They are a fantastic group of actors who cleverly developed a murder mystery for the audience to solve in small teams. From things they said to eachother and the audience, and with information...
10 Dec 2022
A big thank you to everyone who came to our combined coffee morning and Christmas Fair last Saturday. All the stall holders had a profitable day and commented on the lovely atmosphere at the village hall. We raised over £475 for the hall from the sale of drinks, food, Christmas...
23 Oct 2022
On Thursday 20th October we were entertained by a performance from the Autumn season provided by the Highlights Rural Touring Scheme. The cast of three, led by Maria McDonell, brought to life the true story of an ill-fated love affair between a seamstress and a carpenter who had left to...
3 Oct 2022
STORM ARWEN RESILIENCE PLAN
As you all know the whole parish of Whittington was without electricity for over five days as a result of Storm Arwen. The Village Hall could not provide a warm hub during that time as it was probably a colder building than any other as it is...
15 Sep 2022
A big thank you to all residents who helped themselves to the bags of apples and plums picked mostly from the village hall fruit trees. Over £50 was donated towards village hall funds.
In addition some jams and jellies have been made from local produce, and these will be available to...
4 Sep 2022
September pilates classes.
Pilates classes with Jill Newton will restart on Monday 12th September as Jill is away on Monday 5th. There are two classes, the first from 6.00 – 7.00pm and the second from 7.00 – 8.00pm at a cost of £8 each. There will be three weeks of pilates...